Info Island this week

RENAISSANCE ISLAND
Renaissance Festival Saturday, October 6, 2007 10AM - 6:00PM

10:00-10:30 Opening of the Festival, Parish Church
1O:30-11:30 Atheene Dodonpa performs a selection of enchanting medieval music
11:30-12:00 Tours of the Island and Gardens
12:00-1:00 Thom’s Concert
1:00-1:30 Sing a Song of Fencing
1:30-1:45 Procession of Nobility
1:45-2:30 Jousting Match
2:30-3:30 Tsianni Karlfeldt Storyteller
3:30-4:00 Fencing, Round 2; Marketsquare Merriment
4:00-4:45 Daisyblue Hefferman Storyteller
4:45-5:30 Pomona Writer Storyteller
5:30-6:00 Jousting Demonstrations; Close of the Festival
For more information, contact Korrigan Keynes.

LIBRARY GALLERY - INFO ISLAND
OPENING at Library Gallery, Info Island
Friday, October 5th, 2007
6:00 p.m. SL/PDT
Meet the artist!

MASHUP ISLANDER / Christopher Dodds is a designer and real-time 3D SL artist. He is undertaking a Masters at RMIT University where his research investigates virtual worlds, art and surveillance. His interest in the virtualisation of art has lead to the formation of The Australian Centre of Virtual Art (ACVA) - an upcoming Second Life gallery complex and archive. Christopher, Adam Nash and Justin Clemens recently won The Australia Council’s inaugural SL Artists in Residence grant. Their interactive installation, Babelswarm, will be launched at ACVA in February 2008. He is a director of Icon.Inc, a design and interactive studio based in Melbourne, and editor at the
art-game portal Selectparks.net . For more information contact Rookie Voyager.

SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY PORTAL
The Sci-Fi & Fantasy Portal is moving it’s events from Tuesdays to Wednesdays.

2nd. week of each month — Wednesday Portal Meeting at 12 noon (SL time)

4th. week of each month — Wednesday Portal Meeting at 6:30 pm (SL time)

3rd. week of each month — Wednesday Book of the Month Discussion 6:30 pm (SL time)

also 3rd. week of each month — the Saturday following the Wed. discussion 12 noon

We welcome people who’ve read one or several books by a given author. We also welcome people who havent but are curious about an author, novel, or series. For more information, contact Franja Russell.

BOOKERY OPENS ON INFO ISLAND

Tired of the day to day rush of Second Life? Seeking a pleasant, friendly atmosphere where you can stretch out and soothe your virtual, aching muscles? Then head up to the top of Bell Library Tower West and spend a while at the Bookery.

Discover the best kept secret on Info Island. Lean back in the hot tub and gaze out over Info Island and Info Island International. Sit on a comfortable couch and chat with friends. Soak in the colors of the flowers and bushes around you. Enjoy.

Bell West is located in the southwest corner of Info Island. Of the three tall towers it is the smallest and closest to Alliance Library. For more information, contact Rocky Vallejo.